Act Number: 67

Act Name: The Bird and Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings and Other Properties) Act, 1980

Year: 1980

Enactment Date: 1980-12-27

Long Title: An Act to provide for the acquisition and transfer of the undertakings of the Bird and Company Limited for the purpose of ensuring the continuity of production of goods which are vital to the needs of the country and for the acquisition of shares held by the Bird and Company Limited in the specified companies for the purpose of securing to those undertakings the facilities and advantages derived by reason of such shareholding with respect to the operation and functioning of those undertakings and also to enable the Central Government to exercise such control over the affairs of the specified companies as is necessary to ensure that the affairs of those companies are not mismanaged and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Steel

Department:

Section 27: Protection of action taken in good faith.
    No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Central Government or the Custodian of the Undertakings of the Company, or the Government Company or any officer or other person authorised by that Government or Government company for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act
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